David Mamet / Dennis Carroll

By:

Carroll, Dennis

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Macmillan modern dramatistsPublication details: Horndmills : Macmillan, 1987Description: XII, 171 p; 20 cmISBN:

0333413660

Subject(s):

Scope and content: This comprehensive biography uses extensive theatre and film archives to reveal in detail his ideas on writing - including the genesis for many of his plays -acting, and directing. Beginning with his Chicago origins, the work goes on to cover his relationship to Judaism, his reputation for machismo, as well as discussions of and excerpts from early plays and stories that have never before been referenced in print. Also included are interviews with key actors and directors such as William H. Macy, Mike Nussbaum, Robert Brustein, and Neil Pepe Scope and content: Sumari: 1. Mid-career. 2. A sense of moral dismay'. 3. Business: 'American buffalo' (1975), 'Glengarry Glen Ross' (1983). 4. Sex: 'Sexual perversity in Chicago' (1974), 'The woods' (1977). 5.Learning: 'The duck variations' (1972), 'Squirrels' (1974), 'A life in the theatre' (1977), 'Lakeboat' (1980). 6. Communion: 'The verdict' (1982), 'Edmond' (1982), 'Lone canoe, or, The explorer' (1979), 'Dark pony' (1977), 'Reunion' (1976), 'The shawl' (1985). 7.The plays in the theatre: 'The water engine' (1977). 8.Mamet in context

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Llibre	Biblioteca Barcelona	Biblioteca Barcelona BCN Magatzem Fons N	N-42143 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		1900008081

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This comprehensive biography uses extensive theatre and film archives to reveal in detail his ideas on writing - including the genesis for many of his plays -acting, and directing. Beginning with his Chicago origins, the work goes on to cover his relationship to Judaism, his reputation for machismo, as well as discussions of and excerpts from early plays and stories that have never before been referenced in print. Also included are interviews with key actors and directors such as William H. Macy, Mike Nussbaum, Robert Brustein, and Neil Pepe

Sumari: 1. Mid-career. 2. A sense of moral dismay'. 3. Business: 'American buffalo' (1975), 'Glengarry Glen Ross' (1983). 4. Sex: 'Sexual perversity in Chicago' (1974), 'The woods' (1977). 5.Learning: 'The duck variations' (1972), 'Squirrels' (1974), 'A life in the theatre' (1977), 'Lakeboat' (1980). 6. Communion: 'The verdict' (1982), 'Edmond' (1982), 'Lone canoe, or, The explorer' (1979), 'Dark pony' (1977), 'Reunion' (1976), 'The shawl' (1985). 7.The plays in the theatre: 'The water engine' (1977). 8.Mamet in context

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